Ikerasak (Sisimiut)

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Ikerasak (Sound)
Ikerasak
Commune Qeqqata communia
District Sisimiut
Geographical location 66 ° 52 '15 "  N , 53 ° 26' 27"  W Coordinates: 66 ° 52 '15 "  N , 53 ° 26' 27"  W
Ikerasak (Greenland)
Ikerasak
Residents 0
(1956)
Time zone UTC-3

Ikerasak [ iˈkɜʁasak ] (according to the old spelling Ikerasak ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the district of Sisimiut in Qeqqata Kommunia .

location

Ikerasak is located in the southeast of the island of Maniitsorsuaq right in front of a small island called Qeqertannguaq Kangilleq . Ikerasak is located twelve kilometers southeast of Sisimiut .

history

Ikerasak was settled in the 1920s, the exact year being unknown. In 1930 48 people lived at the residential area. In 1931 a school chapel was built and in 1932 a 96 m² fish house. During the 1940s the population increased slightly to 56 people. 1955 Ikerasak was given up.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
  2. ↑ Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 97 .